Year 2 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 2 data & graphs worksheet.
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Read the key first: it tells you how many votes each symbol stands for.
1.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ★ = 2 votes): yellow ★★★★★ ★★ · red ★★★★★ ★ · blue ★ · purple ★★★★★ ★★★. How many votes did blue get?
Answer: 2
- 1 symbols × 2 = 2
2.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 2 votes): tennis ●●● · swimming ●●● · soccer ●●●●● · cricket ●●●●● ●●. How many more votes did cricket get than soccer?
Answer: 4
- cricket: 14; soccer: 10
- 14 − 10 = 4
3.Pictograph of favourite season (each ★ = 5 votes): autumn ★★★★ · winter ★★★★★ ★★ · summer ★★★★★ ★★★ · spring ★★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 105
- 21 symbols altogether
- 21 × 5 = 105
4.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ■ = 2 votes): dog ■■ · rabbit ■■■■■ · cat ■ · bird ■■■. Which pet got the most votes?
Answer: rabbit
rabbit has the most symbols (5), so 10 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 2 votes): bird ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · dog ▲ · cat ▲▲▲▲ · rabbit ▲▲▲. How many ▲ would show 16 votes?
Answer: 8
- 16 ÷ 2 = 8
6.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ■ = 2 votes): dog ■■ · bird ■■ · cat ■ · rabbit ■■■■■ ■. How many votes did rabbit get?
Answer: 12
- 6 symbols × 2 = 12
7.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 5 votes): banana ★★★★★ ★★ · grape ★ · pear ★★★★. How many more votes did banana get than pear?
Answer: 15
- banana: 35; pear: 20
- 35 − 20 = 15
8.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 2 votes): soccer ■■■ · cricket ■■■■■ ■ · tennis ■■■■■ ■■ · basketball ■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 34
- 17 symbols altogether
- 17 × 2 = 34
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